Books & Book Reviews

The authorised biography of Brendan O'Carroll, based on extensive interviews with the hugely popular star of Mrs Brown's Boys.

Once upon a time, in a world not so different to ours, a little blue man decides to create a machine to control the weather. It all goes terribly wrong.

In this folk tale from India, a wily jackal tricks his best friend crane into catching 12 fish. He selfishly scoffs the lot then gobbles up crane as well.

In this funny, and somewhat surreal adventure story, a boy asks a bear to row him to the other side. They set off equipped with a suitcase, a ukulele, and a comic book.

When toddlers look outside and see the inky blackness, they might well imagine that night is nothing but a dark, empty and scary place.

This is an extract from Maeve's Times, a collection of Maeve Binchy's writing.

A timeless collection of columns from the late, great Maeve Binchy.

In Go Fish celebrity chef Al Brown shares his twin passions for fishing and cooking. It's a book of recipes and stories from the New Zealand Coast.

In the sun‐drenched Sicilian hills, four women learn the lessons of a lifetime at the Food of Love Cookery School.

Roger Bushell was 'Big X', mastermind of the mass breakout from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, immortalised in the Hollywood film The Great Escape. This is his story, told like never before.